Learning Python

I'm using the book Learning Python by Mark Lutz through O'Reilly to learn Python. I give it a recommendation for starting out in programming in general. Alas, I have not had the experience of programming well in anything more than most scripting languages, so I do not know how it fares as a general language introduction vs. a more reference-style book.

So far, studying Python has taught me how to make code reusable very well. Code reusability is obvious, yes, but I was never sure of the extent to which it should be done. Combined with my Intro to CS course, I've been advancing farther than I've ever gotten. The Python is still an individual study thing that I'm doing, and it will be especially helpful before I hit Java programming next semester.